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Mairi Sutherland's avatar

Hello Jo & hibernators,

Been wrestling with THE NOVEL forever. I let it go a year ago, began a new one, but feedback on both novels suggest my original is working better, which I agree with but am thinking AAAAAAGH as it needs a lot of work, but also still love a lot about it too. A mixture of dread and excitement to revisit. Working up to the energy of all of this. Now is not the right time. Bit of burn out and a bit wearied. In need of hibernation, methinks.

Been having fun with Flash recently and enjoying writing for writing's sake. Realise that I beat myself up always having to produce stuff. Been very freeing recently reading flash, short stories, taking time to enjoy reading. So all this really resonates with me, to daydream, to walk and think, to listen to music and let my mind wander. Thank-you Jo. Feel freed up and also pressure has been removed from achieving some great piece of writing and if not why not!! Looking forward to a sleepy, daydreamy week. Yay!

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Lesley Bungay's avatar

Thank you Jo. This is exactly what I need. I’m 15k words into my second novel. The first is on submission and the waiting to hear is endless, so writing the second should be a welcome distraction. Except the day job is causing a lot of stress at the moment and some health concerns so I definitely need to press PAUSE ⏸️ this week and focus on looking after me. I’m currently reading ‘Wintering’ by Katherine May so this complements that nicely. Looking forward to the coming weeks ☺️

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